Example sentences of "our [noun] for the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Table 2.2 demonstrates changes over the seventeen years to 1987 : western Europe took over half our exports for the first time in recent history ; by 1987 , the EC alone took virtually half , and most other destinations , except for North America , had declined in relative importance . |
| 2 | After that I do n't remember very much , except that in our ecstasy the fatal word ‘ love ’ passed our lips for the first time . |
| 3 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 4 | Our data for the first demonstrate that A-tracts repeated at helical turn periods can display no mobility anomaly if they are appropriately phased with GGGCCC motifs . |
| 5 | The next day we spent the forenoon ashore at Smeerenburg looking at the remains of the old Dutch whaling-station , and setting our feet for the first time on the Spitsbergen tundra . |
| 6 | Morrison East is now well poised to make a profitable contribution to our business for the first time . |
| 7 | God introduces us to our true selves , so that we come to recognize ourselves , and our God for the first time . |
| 8 | Our advice for the first launch is — hands together , arms outstretched ( but never above your head as is so often attempted by first time flyers ) and as the kite rises , sustain an even line tension . |
| 9 | Resembling the proverbial Cheshire Cat , SDR General Manager Richard Elliott commented : ‘ I 'm delighted to have ‘ City of Truro ’ on our railway for the first time . |
| 10 | It was partly because he was tired and unhappy , leaving home and our mother for the first time … ’ |